His record is pretty clear - and doesn't mention using pond scum to make man.
Then again - there are some interesting modern translations out there that might say anything, so who knows about that!
Adam is a play on words — the Hebrew word adamah means dirt or dust.
doesn’t say much about man being created out of thin air.
If the earth is 4 billion years old, God didn’t get bored waiting for things to develop. The sun is a second generation star. Amino acids are created during the first cycle, allowing life. First generation stars don’t have the chemistry to support life. But it is so banal to argue about it.
The incarnation is more interesting. Luke ch 1:
“The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you.”
Actually, the bible does mention making us out of clay. I know most people picture him using clay like Play-Dough, especially given the metaphorical references to God as a potter in the prophets. But evolutionary biology has taken a turn for hypothesizing that pond scum was made out of clay.
Now, I’m back to reading the philosophies of Play-Dough.